How to Get Gold (Au)

The Gold (Au) is a type of Resource in Starfield. Read on to learn how to get Gold, where to farm Gold, and how to use it.

How to Get Gold (Au)

Planets With Gold

Planets Where Resource Is Available
Cruth (Narion)	Freya III (Freya)	Oborum I (Oborum Prime)
Indum IV-d (Indum)	Eridani II (Eridani)	Jaffa II (Jaffa)
Guniibuu II (Guniibuu)	Ixyll II (Ixyll)	Stellis A (Cheyenne)
Kalira (Cheyenne)	Porrima V-b (Porrima)	Porrima V-c (Porrima)
Charybdis IV (Charybdis)	Charybdis V (Charybdis)	Masada II (Masada)
Neebas (Kryx)	Ixyll VII-b (Ixyll)	Ixyll IX-c (Ixyll)
Leviathan VI-a (Leviathan)	Altair III (Altair)	Indum III-d (Indum)
Feynman VIII-b (Feynman)	Feynman VIII-d (Feynman)	Strix IV (Strix)
Zeta Ophiuchi VI-a (Zeta Ophiuchi)	Kumasi V-a (Kumasi)	Newton III (Newton)
Newton V-b (Newton)	Maheo IV-a (Maheo)	Celebrai II (Celebrai)
Gasparis (Lunara)	Bohr IV (Bohr)	Maal III (Maal)
Shoza VIII-b (Shoza)	Piazzi VII-b (Piazzi)	Heisenberg X (Heisenberg)
Rasalhague III-b (Rasalhague)	Bara VI-c (Bara)	Bara VII-a (Bara)
Beta Andraste I-c (Beta Andraste)	Tirna VI-b (Alpha Tirna)	Tirna X-a (Alpha Tirna)
Tirna X-c (Alpha Tirna)	Groombridge V-b (Groombridge)	Nemeria VI-d (Nemeria)
Lantana VII (Lantana)	Moloch V-b (Moloch)	Khayyam III (Khayyam)
Ternion IX-c (Alpha Ternion)	Marduk VI (Marduk)	Marduk VII-a (Marduk)

Gold can be mined or harvested from the surfaces and the planets listed above.

Buy from a Shop

Vendor	Location	Planet
Jemison Mercantile	New Atlantis	Jemison
Sieghart's Outfitters	Neon	Volii Alpha
Mining League	Neon	Volii Alpha
Midtown Minerals	Akila City	Akila
General Goods	The Key	Suvorov
UC Distribution Center	New Atlantis	Jemison
New Homestead Store	New Homestead	Titan
Clint's Collectibles	Gagarin Landing	Gagarin
General Store	Paradiso	Porrima II

Gold can be acquired from the above shops. The availability of Gold may vary per shop.

Please note there is still some element of randomness as to what the vendor has in stock at any given time.

How to Use Gold (Au)

Used for Crafting Components

Components to Craft
Semimetal Wafer	Paramagnon Conductor

Gold can be used to craft the following above components at an Industrial Workbench.

Used to Craft Weapon Mods

Weapon Mods List and Guide

Used to Craft Outpost Structures

Tirna VI-b	Tirna X-a	Tirna X-c
Orrery Table

How to Build an Outpost

Starfield Related Guides

List of All Resources and Materials

List of All Resources

Aldumite (Ad)	Alkanes (HnCn)	Aluminum (Al)
Antimony (Sb)	Argon (Ar)	Benzene (C6H6)
Beryllium (Be)	Caelumite (Ct)	Caesium (Cs)
Carboxylic Acids (R-COOH)	Chlorine (Cl)	Chlorosilanes (SiH3Cl)
Cobalt (Co)	Copper (Cu)	Dysprosium (Dy)
Europium (Eu)	Fluorine (F)	Gold (Au)
Helium-3 (He-3)	Indicite (Ie)	Ionic Liquids(IL)
Iridium (Ir)	Iron (Fe)	Lead (Pb)
Lithium (Li)	Mercury (Hg)	Neodymium (Nd)
Neon (Ne)	Nickel (Ni)	Palladium (Pd)
Platinum (Pt)	Plutonium (Pu)	Rothicite (Rc)
Silver (Ag)	Tantalum (Ta)	Tasine (Tsn)
Tetrafluorides (xF4)	Titanium (Ti)	Tungsten (W)
Uranium (U)	Vanadium (V)	Veryl (Vr)
Vytinium (Vy)	Water (H2O)	Xenon (Xe)
Ytterbium (Yb)

List of All Materials

Adaptive Frame	Adhesive	Amino Acids
Analgesic	Antimicrobial	Aromatic
Biosuppressant	Chasmbass Oil	Cosmetic
Fiber	Gastronomic Delight	Hallucinogen
High-Tensile Spidroin	Hypercatalyst	Immunostimulant
Lubricant	Luxury Textile	Membrane
Memory Substrate	Metabolic Agent	Neurologic
Nutrient	Ornamental Material	Pigment
Polymer	Polytextile	Quark-Degenerate Tissues
Sealant	Sedative	Solvent
Spice	Stimulant	Structural Material
Toxin

List of All Components

Aldumite Drilling Rig	Austenitic Manifold	Comm Relay
Control Rod	Drilling Rig	Indicite Wafer
Isocentered Magnet	Isotopic Coolant	Mag Pressure Tank
Microsecond Regulator	Molecular Sieve	Monopropellant
Nuclear Fuel Rod	Paramagnon Conductor	Positron Battery
Power Circuit	Reactive Gauge	Rothicite Magnet
Semimetal Wafer	Sterile Nanotubes	Substrate Molecule Sieve
Supercooled Magnet	Tasine Superconductor	Tau Grade Rheostat
Veryl-Treated Manifold	Vytinium Fuel Rod	Zero Wire
Zero-G Gimbal